Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate

What are the best ways to learn about different investment classes? The Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate provides a comprehensive review of critical terminology and concepts. Understand the key features and differences between private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure, commodities, and hedge funds.

As demand for alternative investment strategies increases, the Private Markets and Alternative Investments Certificate can give your career a competitive edge. Grow your knowledge of these growing investment classes with course material built on the globally recognised CFA® Program. With this foundational understanding, you’ll be ready to meet the needs of today’s investors.

Built on globally recognised CFA Program content, it provides foundational level knowledge across alternative investments.

The certificate is composed of five courses with practical application exercises and one final assessment. View the full syllabus.

USD 890

Prerequisites

Who should enrol

• People starting a career in the private markets industry who aspire to work for a general partner firm (GP), limited partner (LP), or other alternatives specialists.
• Existing industry professionals such as investors or asset owners who are looking to allocate to private markets or alternative investments.
• Investment Consultants working with general partner or limited partner firms who want to understand the industry landscape and terminology.

What you’ll learn

Upon completion of this certificate you will be able to:

• Understand alternative investments, their benefits, and challenges, explore various investment methods, and develop a basic knowledge of risk management strategies, while gaining an introductory perspective on the performance of alternative investments compared to traditional ones.
• Explain and analyse the features, investment characteristics, and value creation sources of private equity and private debt, compare various investment types and evaluate fund structures, terms, and financial performance from an investor’s perspective.
• Explain the features, characteristics, and investment structures of real estate and infrastructure investments; analyse their sources of return, risks, and diversification benefits, and apply due diligence and valuation approaches for informed decision-making.
• Explain the role of natural resource and commodity investments in a diversified portfolio, describe and analyse their unique features and characteristics, apply key terms and concepts, evaluate different commodity sectors, explore market dynamics, and assess the impact of natural resources on economic growth and commodity prices.
• Explain hedge funds’ investment features and contrast them with other asset classes, analyse their sources of risk, return, and diversification, explore strategy classifications, assess the role of hedge fund strategies in a portfolio, describe the role of due diligence, and evaluate hedge fund performance both before and after fees.

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